Posts By Peter Guy, Regulation Asia
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601Capital RegulationBanks Will Struggle if Prop Trading is Reintroduced
US banks lobbied hard for a rollback of the Volcker Rule and a return to proprietary trading to bolster profits. They will soon find that it’s now a different world.
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620EnforcementThe Return of ‘Super Alpha’ and Regulatory Arbitrage
The return of SAC Capital’s founder with a new venture reveals the complicated ethics of a post financial crisis world.
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687InternationalMiFID II – Just the Start of a Perfect Storm for Research
The unbundling of research costs will not only create more transparency but usher in a collapse and change in banking research.
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747Market InfrastructureFeeding the Bitcoin Bubble
The start of bitcoin futures may increase speculation and international regulatory risks as countries rein in credit.
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542Capital RegulationRegulation and China’s Growing Debt Mountain
The recent collapse of OBOR deals shows how inadequate financial regulation is starting to impact international transactions.
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624Market InfrastructureMiFID II – Banks Struggle to Survive the Transparency
Liquidity requires symmetric information, which is easiest to achieve when everyone is ignorant.
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Hong Kong
Stock Exchange Reality: Profit Versus Regulations
HKEX and SFC recently decided to admit dual class share listings, but reject a start-up board. Their decisions will change key regulatory principles.
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AML / KYC
The Final Frontier of Financial Regulation
FSB’s recent paper on artificial intelligence and machine learning reveal how far we are from managing its unknown effects on financial markets.
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692AML / KYCNo Privacy in Paradise
Look beyond the lurid financial gossip and the Paradise Papers show how technology is opening the banking system to scrutiny.
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Capital Regulation
When Deposit Insurance Isn’t Insurance
Calls for EU wide deposit insurance are supposed to herald banking union. But regulatory enforcement, national policies and financial technology stand in the way.
